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Association For The Social Scientific Study Of Jewry
The Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry (ASSJ) is a cross-disciplinary organization of individuals whose research concerns the Jewish people throughout the world founded in 1971. Purpose The ASSJ comprises primarily academics, but also policy analysts, communal professionals, and activists whose research concerns the Jewish people throughout the world. Social scientific disciplines represented include sociology, social psychology, social anthropology, demography, contemporary history, social work, political science, economics, and Jewish education. Members work throughout the world but primarily in North America, Israel, and Europe. The ASSJ encourages and facilitates contact among researchers, supports the dissemination of research, and assists in the cultivation of younger scholars. Past presidents *Mervin F. Verbit (1971-1973) * Marshall Sklare (1973-1975) * Samuel Klausner (1975-1977) * Celia Heller (1977-1979) * Chaim Waxman (1979-1981) *Harold Himmelfarb ( ...
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Interdisciplinarity
Interdisciplinarity or interdisciplinary studies involves the combination of multiple academic disciplines into one activity (e.g., a research project). It draws knowledge from several other fields like sociology, anthropology, psychology, economics, etc. It is about creating something by thinking across boundaries. It is related to an ''interdiscipline'' or an ''interdisciplinary field,'' which is an organizational unit that crosses traditional boundaries between academic disciplines or schools of thought, as new needs and professions emerge. Large engineering teams are usually interdisciplinary, as a power station or mobile phone or other project requires the melding of several specialties. However, the term "interdisciplinary" is sometimes confined to academic settings. The term ''interdisciplinary'' is applied within education and training pedagogies to describe studies that use methods and insights of several established disciplines or traditional fields of study. Interd ...
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Marshall Sklare
Marshall Sklare (1921–1992) was an American sociologist whose work focused on American Jews and the American Jewish Community. Sklare was the Klutznick Family Professor of Contemporary Jewish Studies and Sociology at Brandeis University. Because of his contributions to the social scientific study of Jewry, Sklare is known as the "father of American Jewish sociology". Biography Marshall Sklare was born in Chicago on October 21, 1921 and died in Newton, Mass. on March 1, 1992. Sklare was a third generation Jewish American, the grandson of Meyer and Eva Lipman, immigrants from the area of Kovno in Lithuania.Sarna, J. D. (1992, January). Marshall Sklare (1921-1992)In Proceedings of the American Academy for Jewish Research(Vol. 58, pp. 33-35). American Academy for Jewish Research Academic career Sklare earned his master's degree in Sociology from the University of Chicago and his Ph.D. in Sociology from Columbia University under the guidance of Seymour Martin Lipset. Sklare jo ...
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Sergio DellaPergola
Sergio Della Pergola ( he, סרג'ו דלה-פרגולה; born September 7, 1942, in Trieste, Italy) is an Italian-Israeli demographer and statistician. He is a professor and demographic expert, specifically in demography and statistics related to the Jewish population. Biography Sergio Della Pergola was born to a Jewish family in Trieste when Italy was under German occupation. His grandfather had been a rabbi. After the war, the family settled in Milan where Della Pergola was an active member of Jewish youth movements and student organizations. He immigrated to Israel in 1966. He holds an MA in political science from the University of Pavia and a PhD. from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and is a Professor Emeritus of Population Studies at the Hebrew University’s Avraham Harman Institute of Contemporary Jewry, where he was the Institute Chair and Director of the Division of Jewish Demography and Statistics and held the Shlomo Argov Chair in Israel-Diaspora Relations. Della ...
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Sylvia Barack Fishman
Sylvia Barack Fishman (born December 28, 1942) is an American feminist sociologist and author. She is the Joseph and Esther Foster Professor of Judaic Studies at Brandeis University, Co-Director of the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute, and a board member of JOFA, the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance. She writes about Jewish life in America. Books *''The Way into the Varieties of Jewishness'' (Jewish Lights, 2008) *''Double or Nothing?" Jewish Families and Mixed Marriage'' (Brandeis, 2004) *''Jewish Life and American Culture'' (SUNY Press, 2000) *''A Breath of Life: Feminism in the American Jewish Community'' (Brandeis Series in American Jewish History, Culture, and Life, 1995) *''Relatively speaking: Constructing identity in Jewish and mixed married families'' (David W. Belin lecture in American Jewish affairs, 2002) Awards and honors *Marshall Sklare Award The Marshall Sklare Award is an annual honor of the Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry (ASSJ). The ASSJ ...
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Leonard Saxe
Leonard Saxe (born June 12, 1947) is an American social psychologist whose work focuses on sociology of religion, American Jews and the American Jewish community. He is currently the director of the Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies at Brandeis University.Brandeis University faculty page


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Saxe has conducted a number of studies on the American Jewish community."Publications by Author. ''Berman Jewish Policy Archive''.
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Steven M
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Harriet Hartman
Harriet(t) may refer to: * Harriet (name), a female name ''(includes list of people with the name)'' Places *Harriet, Queensland, rural locality in Australia * Harriet, Arkansas, unincorporated community in the United States * Harriett, Texas, unincorporated community in the United States Ships * ''Harriet'' (1798 ship), built at Pictou Shipyard, Nova Scotia, Canada * ''Harriet'' (1802 EIC ship), East India Company ship * ''Harriet'' (1810 ship), American ship * ''Harriet'' (1813 ship), American ship * ''Harriet'' (1829 ship), British Royal Navy ship * ''Harriet'' (1836 ship), British ship * ''Harriet'' (fishing smack), 1893 British trawler preserved in Fleetwood Museum Other * Harriet (band), an alternative Americana band from Los Angeles * ''Harriet'' (film), a 2019 biographical film about Harriet Tubman * ''Harriet the Spy'' (TV series), a 2021 animated TV series * List of storms named Harriet See also * * Harriot (other) * Harry (other) Harry may r ...
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Allen Glicksman
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Arnold Dashefsky
Arnold Dashefsky, born in 1942, is a professor at the University of Connecticut who has written several books on the topics relating to Jewish ethnicity, culture, ideologies, among others. Dashefsky is currently director of the North American Jewish Data Bank. One of Dashefsky's key theses is that Jewish identity is taken for granted in populations, such as Israel where Jews make up a majority of the population. Furthermore, he has asserted that the number of Jews in the United States is roughly the same as the number of Jews in Israel. Hence, he feels that Jewish identity should be no less strong in either nation. Organizations * American Sociological Association * Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences * University of Connecticut Center for Judaic Studies and Contemporary Jewish Life (Director) References External links University of Connecticut, Dr. Arnold Dashefsky's PageJewish Databankwebsite administered by University of Connecticut's Center for Judaic Studies ...
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Rela Mintz Geffen
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Egon Mayer (sociologist)
Egon Mayer (December 23, 1944 – January 30, 2004) was a Swiss-born American sociologist and professor at Brooklyn College. He wrote a number of books on Jewish culture and history, including ''From Suburb to Shtetl'' (1979), ''The Court Jew: A Contribution to the History of Absolutism in Europe'' (1984), and ''Love and Tradition: Marriage Between Jews and Christians'' (1985). Mayer was born in Caux, Switzerland to Eugen Mayer (born in 1914 in Komárno, Austria-Hungary; now Slovakia), and Hedvig "Hedy" Mayer (also known as Haedviga Mayerová, born in 1925 in Budapest, then Kingdom of Hungary). They held Czechoslovakian citizenship at the time, as Komarno was split in 1920 by the Treaty of Trianon. His parents were Jews who were passengers on the Kastner train during the Holocaust. Mayer's mother was pregnant with him at the time. The train left Budapest in June 1944 after Rudolf Kastner, a Hungarian lawyer, negotiated with Adolf Eichmann to allow 1,684 Jews safe passage to Switzerl ...
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Harold Himmelfarb
Harold may refer to: People * Harold (given name), including a list of persons and fictional characters with the name * Harold (surname), surname in the English language * András Arató, known in meme culture as "Hide the Pain Harold" Arts and entertainment * ''Harold'' (film), a 2008 comedy film * ''Harold'', an 1876 poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson * ''Harold, the Last of the Saxons'', an 1848 book by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton * ''Harold or the Norman Conquest'', an opera by Frederic Cowen * ''Harold'', an 1885 opera by Eduard Nápravník * Harold, a character from the cartoon ''The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy'' *Harold & Kumar, a US movie; Harold/Harry is the main actor in the show. Places ;In the United States * Alpine, Los Angeles County, California, an erstwhile settlement that was also known as Harold * Harold, Florida, an unincorporated community * Harold, Kentucky, an unincorporated community * Harold, Missouri, an unincorporated community ;E ...
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